[R&D Budget] Deadline: Sept 1 - AAAS Abelson Award Nominations Invited

[Patrick Clemins]

Call for Nominations
 
The 2010 AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Award
 
*Featuring a simpler nomination process, later deadline* 
 
The American Association for the Advancement of Science invites
nominations for the 2010 AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Award.  The Award is
awarded annually either to: 
            · a public servant, in recognition of sustained exceptional
contributions to advancing 
science, or 
            · a scientist, whose career has been distinguished both for
scientific achievement and for 
other notable services to the scientific community.  
 
This annual award was established in 1985 by the AAAS Board of
Directors and consists of a plaque and an honorarium of $5,000.  The
winner will be selected by a five-member judging panel.  The 2010 Philip
Hauge Abelson Award will be presented at the AAAS Annual Meeting in
Washington, DC, February 17-21, 2011.  
 Recipients of the Award  
 
The 2009 recipient of the Abelson Award was Francis S. Collins,
Director, National Institutes of Health.  Dr. Collins was selected on
the basis of his extraordinary skills as a scientist, as a spokesperson
for the ethical and responsible use of science, as a communicator with
the public and policy makers, and for his pioneering leadership of
major, highly successful federal scientific initiatives.  Other
recipients have included: 
 
2008     Richard A. Meserve, President, Carnegie Institution for
Science, Washington, DC 
2007     Burton Richter, Paul Pigott Professor Emeritus in the Physical
Sciences, Stanford 
                        University; and director emeritus, Stanford
Linear Accelerator Center 
2006     Charles M. Vest, president emeritus, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology; and 
                        president-elect, National Academy of
Engineering. 
2005     Norman R. Augustine, former Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer, Lockheed Martin 
                        Corporation 
2004     Maxine Frank Singer, former president, Carnegie Institution of
Washington 
2003     Norman P. Neureiter, former Science Advisor to the Secretary,
U.S. Department of 
                        State     
2002     Vernon J. Ehlers, U.S. House of Representatives
(Representative from the 3rd District of 
                        Michigan) 
2001     Norman E. Borlaug, Distinguished Professor of International
Agriculture, Texas A&M 
                        University 
2000     Leon M. Lederman, Director Emeritus, Fermi National
Accelerator Laboratory
1999          Neal F. Lane, Assistant to the President for Science and
Technology; and Director, 
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy 
1998          Mary L. Good, principal member, Venture Capital
Investors; and Donaghey 
University Professor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock 
1997          Peter H. Raven, Director of the Missouri Botanical
Garden
1996          D. Allan Bromley, Sterling Professor of Science and Dean
of Engineering, Yale 
University
1995     William O. Baker, Chairman Emeritus of the Board, AT&T Bell
Laboratories 
1994          Frank Press, Cecil and Ida Green Senior Fellow, Carnegie
Institution of Washington
1993          Harvey Brooks, Harvard University (emeritus) 
1992          John H. Gibbons, former Assistant to the President for
Science and Technology, and 
former Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology
Policy 
1991          Bentley Glass, State University of New York at Stony
Brook (emeritus)
1990     George E. Brown, Jr., U.S. House of Representatives
(Representative from the 42nd 
District of California) 
 
To Submit a Nomination: 
 
You should provide: 
            · Your name, e-mail address, mailing address, and phone
number.
            · The nominee's name, e-mail address, mailing address, and
phone number.  Self-
               nominations cannot be accepted.  
            · A statement (no more than three pages) providing the
rationale for the nomination. 
            · The candidate's vita or resumé (no more than three
pages). 
             
 
Please submit all information to: 
 
            Abelson Award Coordinator 
            Science and Policy Programs
            American Association for the Advancement of Science
            1200 New York Avenue, NW
            Washington, DC 20005 
 
            Telephone:        202/326-6600 
            Fax:                  202/289-4950 
            E-mail:              snelson at aaas.org  
 
 
Deadline for nominations is September 1, 2010.  
            
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